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I am scheduled to teach these courses for Quarter 4,
April-June. This could change at the discretion of administration.
P1 (9:15-11:30) English Foundations 6
P2 (12-2:15) English
Foundations 7/English 10/Composition 11
*I do not recommend you take English courses from the same
instructor over and over.
My P2 course will be 95% the same as our current course.
If you do take this course again with me, please know that
it will essentially the same.
If you have taken EF6, WI567, and EF7 from me, I have
nothing new to teach.
**
Writing Improvement 567 will not be offered again until next
school year (Sept-June, 2026-2027). The schedules for the next school year have
not been set yet. Our school course schedules are set quarter to quarter, the
month previous to the start of the next quarter. We will know about September schedule
in August, November schedule in October, February in January, April in March, Summer
in May, usually.
You have the option to take Writin
g Improvement 567 self-paced now or next school year. Talk
to the teachers in Self-Paced room, Room 203.
You can take a maximum of two courses at the same time.
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Events in Iran!!
-happy- Ayatollah is dead, leader of the regime
regime- government that will not leave, many years or generations
not democracy
Ayatollah- religious leader, authoritarian
authoritarian, dictator, autocrat- one person has all the power,
oppressive, oppression- the government keeps its people down
Supreme Leader- North Korea, Kim Jung Il
Ayatollah in power for 47 years
-hardline-
replacement- Will he be a hardliner?
The Iranian government killed more than 30 000-40 000 people
in two days.
diaspora- the people of a country who live outside the
country
The future of the region
What will happen next?
The internet has been cut off in Iran.
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no foreign press
-
Little information getting out
World War 3?
Why did Trump bomb Iran?
-other countries would be his target, first Iran, then
others
-support for Isreal
-Iran has power, big country, weaken Iran, divide Iran
-Trump wants to keep American hegemony in Middle East
hegemony- power and control
-take over the government of Iran
-oil, gas, natural resources
like Canada, Iran, Ukraine, Greenland- full of natural resources
-nuclear weapons
-distraction, divert attention from Epstein files Trump is mentioned almost 1000000 times.
Are you worried?
-price of oil
-future of an independent Canada
The Middle East
On Saturday, a girls’ school was bombed. 67 young girls died
Iran was threatening to close a major shipping lane.
We are worried about the future.
Young people- Remember, the world has seen troubled times
before.
Don’t despair.
despair- give up hope, be despondent
Get up. Brush your teeth. Go to school.
Keep going.
Historically, the US has gotten into ‘forever wars’. Vietnam,
Afghanistan, Iraq, etc.
I try to find news sources that I trust.
Beginning of our fifth week.
Today’s Agenda
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Attendance
·
Return Test 3
Go over
“I Confess Test 3 example process”
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Continue final kind of sentence
“Compound-Complex Sentences”
·
Continue “Dead Man’s Path”
Prepare for Test 4 this week
Tuesday
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Continue final kind of sentence
“Compound-Complex Sentences”
·
Continue “Dead Man’s Path”
Prepare for Test 4 which day?
*Tuesday, March 10
Opportunity to replace one quiz, test, both or neither
*Wednesday and Thursday, March 11 &12
Midterm recommendations
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Test 3
Focus on C1, C5, and quoting.
You can do an optional RW for a point. Pass it in today or
first thing tomorrow.
Why did Mr. Wei, the teacher, choose to confess his mistake
to his class of students?
PROCESS- steps to follow for doing good answers
1.PREWRITE- make a plan about what we are going to say
2.WRITE- write sentences
Prewrite Stage-planning
1. Read
the question.
Why did Mr. Wei, the teacher, choose to confess his mistake
to his class of students?
why did Mr Wei confess
Is this the question?
-What is the story about?
-What did you learn from the story?
-What does the story teach us?
If not, don’t write about that.
You have to plan an answer that is on-topic.
An off-topic answer is not worth much.
2. Generate
ideas, with “”
-only 150ww, choose 3-4 points
Why did Mr. Wei, the teacher, choose to confess his mistake
to his class of students?
-want to be a good example, role model “admitting one’s
mistakes” “changing one’s ways”
-ashamed about blaming Wang Wei , embarrassed “blood rush to my head” “quite dizzy” “at a
loss for words” “shamed to show my face”
doesn’t want Wang Wei to carry the blame unfairly
-took responsibility for his actions, “red flag of citation”
represents courage to admit mistakes
he damaged school property
3. Organize
the ideas
1.ashamed
2.be a good example
3.take responsibility
What order of importance? IMPORTANCE
ONE TECHNIQUE: Put the best point last.
Everyone’s will be a little different.
We have a plan to follow.
Write Stage
4. Write
the first draft.
Topic sentence- linked to the question, the writing prompt
Why did Mr. Wei, the teacher, choose to confess his
mistake to his class of students?
Topic sentence:
Mr. Wei confessed/admitted his mistake to the class for
three reasons.
There are several reasons why Mr
Wei decided to admit his error to his class. First of all, he felt ashamed about
blaming Wang Wei for carving the desk. He was embarrassed abut accusing the innocent
student for what he had done. The teacher felt the “blood rush” to his face
when he realized his error. Mr. Wei was “shamed” by his accusation, and he didn’t
want Wang Wei to carry the blame unfairly. Secondly, Mr. Wei want to be a role
model to the students. He thought that “admitting one’s mistakes” was the right
way to behave. He wanted to demonstrate to his class how “changing one’s ways”
was a sign of a good person. Thirdly, he wanted to take responsibility for his
actions, because the “red flag of citation” represented courage to admit
mistakes. He had damaged the school property when he was young; part of holding
“strict standards” for himself included being honest about his errors. In
conclusion, Mr. Wei decided to fess up about his mistakes.
six out of six
six over six
Point 1
-subpoint with “”
Point 2
-subpoint with “”
Point 3
-subpoint with “”
5. Proofread,
edit
6. Pass
in
You can do an optional RW for a point. Pass it in today or
first thing tomorrow.
